St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-03

MRS, CRISP. were pledged. In
August, 1886, Notwithstanding his engage
ment to her, he married another and She
has been wounded in feeling. injured in
health and deprecated by her friends anS
neighbors s 10, 900 worth
A reporter called at the Cowley resi-,
dence, No. 55 Forbes street, last night, ana
asked to see Augustus GOwley After
few minutes young man of about 35
years entered the room and said he was the
gentleman asked for. After the reporter
had stated the object of his call, Mr.. Cow
ley took him into an adjoining room and In
trOduced the reporter TO his father saying
that he could better furnish such informa-
tion as the GLOBE representative wanted
than himself. Mr.. Cowley, Sr.. then
gave the reporter the following history Of
the affair:
About two years ago Mr.. Cowley wished
to procure the services of a housekeeper,
his wife being dead, and seeing an adver-
tisement in a local paper to the effect that
a lady wished to procure such a situation,
he answered it, and Mrs. Crisp was installed
in his home as housekeeper. She came
recommended by MIR. Hall, of the state
university, and a Minneapolis druggist,
whose name he had forgotten. Matters
went along very smoothly for a time The
family consisted of Mr.. COwley, his son
and Leander Basch. teller in the Bank Of
Minnesota, and the housekeeper, Mrs.
Crisp. After few weeks, in the language
of Mr.. Cowley, ''Mrs Crisp got to kidding
wththe boys" Mr.. Cowley, Sr., thought
this was improper in housekeeper, and
| took OCCASION to speak to her about it. He
says that in reply she exclaimed, "Oh, !
am only having a little
FUN WITH THE BOYS.
| They are the most innocent kids l know OF
| for their age" On another occasion Mrs.
Crisp, according to Mr.. Cowley, said that
| ''both of the boys were mashed OH her."
Mr.. Cowley said that he guessed that the
| boys thought the fair widow was just about
right, but that she paid Gs much attention
to one as she did to the other On oneoc
casion his son had asked him how he
thought Mrs. Crisp would do for wife,
and that he had told him in reply that.he
didn't think she would do at
I ALL. Shortly after this Interview
of June, it was arranged that Mrs. Crisp
| should resign her position as housekeeper
and that the elder Mr. Cowley should fur
nish her money to go to Little Falls, n. Y,
where she has relatives. Soon after Mrs.
Crisp left st. Paul Mr.. Cowiey, Sr.. re-
| ceiyed letter from her, dated at Little
| Falls, asking him to allow her to return to
his service, and requesting reply by tele-
graph. In answer he sent her message
that her return was not desirable under any
circumstances. She, however. soon after
wards returned to St. Paul, and few days
afterwards went to Minneapolis. When
next Mr.. Cowley heard from
Mrs. Crisp she was in Portland. Ore.
cnd said she was going to San Francisco.
One day, as Mr.. Cowley, Sr., was stand
OF in off in bn
| National bank, he saw Mrs. Crisp on the
street. She also saw Mr.. Cowley and beck
oned to him to come out to her. Mr.. Cow
! ley went out and invited her into his office.
| She said she would go in if she would not
see his son. She didn't want to see him.
| Mr.. Cowley assured her that she would not
see his son, and Mrs. Crisp went into the
Office with him. During the conversation
which followed, Mr.. Cowley told the widow
of his sons marriage, but she said she
didn't care anything about it. She saidShe
was keeping house for lawyer at Shell
| Lake, Wis, and that as he was away from
home and she had nothing to do, she.had
come to ST. Paul to see the carnival. She
said she didn't like to go alone
to visit the ice palace and asked Mr..
| Cowley to take her up there. Mr.. Cowley
| said he could not leave the bank during
banking hours. but it was finally arranged
| that Mr. Cowley should call at the Mer-
chants hotel at o'clock that afternoon and
| take her up to the palace grounds. Mr..
| Cowley kept the engagement and the ice
palace was visited. While together Mr..
! Cowley told Mrs. Crisp of some of his
| business transactions wherein he mad made
money. ''Oh," said Mrs. Crisp, ''you make
money too easily. You could give me ten
or fifteen dollars as well as not" Mr..
| Cowley didn't see the matter in that light,
however, and the money was not forth
coming. Mrs. Crisp returned to Shell
Lake, and on the Goth of January Mr..
Cowley, Sr., received letter from her
which read somewhat as follows:
Mr.. Cowley-Since my return to Shell Lake
| ! have looked at the matter'of your sons mar
riage in different light and now my indig-
nation knows no bounds. You know that
| your son asked for your consent to our mar
| riage, and that you refused to give it, saying
| that you loved me so much yourself that you
| could never stand it to live in the house and
| see us living as man and wife. ID. a. Monfort
| told your son that he would be foolish TO
| cross you in the matter, as he would then
lose all your money when you died. Your
son then came to me and said we would wait
| that you wouldn't live very long and then
we could marry I am going to consult the
best attorney 1 can find and see if young
man can marry one woman when he is en-
| gagged to another. 1 shall take this step il
only to create a scandal. You were so afrai3
| that there would be a scandal while was at
your house.
The above was the tenor of the letta
which was signed Mrs. II. Crisp"
Mr.. Cowley took the letter from one Of
three packages of letters and kilograms, al
of which, he said. were from Mrs. Crisp to
either himself or his son. From the SAINT
package from which he took the lette
given above Mr.. Cowley drew car
| photograph and handed it to the reporta
with the remark: 'Oh. she's good-lookinG
she's masher, and if she was only well
educated she would be a very dangerous
woman"
Both Mr. Cowley and his son deny that
there was any engagement between Mr..
| Cowley. the younger. and Mrs. Crisp.
Judge Brisbine will represent Mrs. Crisp
| in the case, and G. d. OBrien will appear
| for Mr. Cowley.
| In reply to an inquiry telegraphed to
| Shell Lake last night, the following was
received:
SHELL LAKE, Wis, March 2.-Mrs. Harriet
i A. Crisp is a comparative stranger here. All
i that is known of her is that she came from
i Minneapois some three or four months ago,
4 and has since been housekeeper for Judge
/ Mead, of this place